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New York Times, Friday, June 4, 1999

Author:
John Wolting
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Bit of serendipity
TotalDebutLatest
1412/19/19971/21/2000
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John Wolting

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Wolting. Friday freshness: 24%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/4/99 ( No. 18,105 )
Across
1
Vessels : RECEPTACLES
12
They never meet : PARALLELLINES
14
With all members agreeing : BYCOMMONCONSENT
16
Say "Li'l Abner," say : ELIDE
17
Get off the fence, so to speak : OPT
18
F or G, but not H : KEY
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Leave in the dust : LOSE
20
They're sold in bars : MALTS
23
It's sold in bars : SOAP
24
C.D. consideration : INT
25
Brought forth : BEGOT
26
Bit of serendipity : FLUKE
27
Hook shape : ESS
28
Before long : ANON
29
Polish change : ZLOTYS
30
Sit romantically : SNUGGLEUP
32
Loosens, in a way : UNPINS
35
Political V.I.P. : BOSS
36
K-___ (big name in records) : TEL
39
Agronomists' study : SOILS
40
Needle point : SOUTH
41
Ribosomal ___ : RNA
42
Gay Talese's "___ the Sons" : UNTO
43
Hardly hip : DOWDY
44
Signs of disuse : WEBS
45
Selectavision producer : RCA
46
O.E.D. offering : DEF
47
"Damage" director : MALLE
48
Comic strip introduction of 1929 : POPEYETHESAILOR
53
Bourgeois : MATERIALISTIC
54
Legendary reward : THREEWISHES
Down
1
Ones concerned with color : RACISTS
2
Blow away? : ERODE
3
Wasn't absent : CAME
4
Word after American or rock : ELM
5
Grp. based in Tunis : PLO
6
Blackjack card : TEN
7
"Jo's Boys" author : ALCOTT
8
Oater sounds : CLOPS
9
It may get the brush-off : LINT
10
Academy grad. : ENS
11
Try to find : SEEKOUT
12
Aviators' guides : PYLONS
13
Backdoor : SNEAKY
14
Gainsay : BELIE
15
Prepares E-mail, e.g. : TYPES
20
They display the fare : MENUS
21
All worked up : AGOG
22
Hood's weapon : LONGBOW
23
Refuse : SLOP
25
Marriage announcement : BANNS
26
Squarely : FLUSH
29
Like barbecue sauce : ZESTY
30
Patriot's place : SILO
31
Clear's partner : LOUD
32
Appropriate : USURP
33
Top kick, e.g. : NONCOM
34
Sound of falling hail : PITAPAT
36
Creeper keeper : TRELLIS
37
As a whole : ENBLOC
38
Holography need : LASER
40
Sentimental one : SOFTIE
43
Caterpillar competitor : DEERE
44
"The Waltons" star : WAITE
46
One whose roots may be showing : DYER
47
Premiere of 9/17/72 : MASH
49
Ending of the Bible : ETH
50
Plowman's cry : HAW
51
Bulldog : ELI
52
Cheer starter : SIS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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